platform.getCurrentValidators - AVAX

Example code for the platform.getCurrentValidators JSON-RPC method. Complete guide on how to use platform.getCurrentValidators JSON-RPC in GetBlock Web3 documentation.

Returns the list of current validators for a given subnet (defaults to the Primary Network if subnetID is omitted). Each validator entry includes stake amount, start/end time, reward address, and delegators.

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

subnetID

string

Subnet ID (default: Primary Network)

nodeIDs

array of string

Specific node IDs to filter by

Request Example

curl --location --request POST 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "platform.getCurrentValidators",
    "params": {},
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

import axios from 'axios';

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "platform.getCurrentValidators",
    "params": {},
    "id": "getblock.io"
});

const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    data: data
};

axios(config)
    .then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P"

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "platform.getCurrentValidators",
    "params": {},
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::json;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let payload = json!({
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "platform.getCurrentValidators",
        "params": {},
        "id": "getblock.io"
});

    let response = client
        .post("https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await?;

    let result: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{:#?}", result);

    Ok(())
}

Response Example

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": {
        "validators": [
            {
                "txID": "2kxwWpHvZPhMsJcSTmM7a3Da7sExB8pPyF7t4cr2NSwnYqNHni",
                "startTime": "1700000000",
                "endTime": "1731536000",
                "stakeAmount": "2000000000000",
                "nodeID": "NodeID-7Xhw2mDxuDS44j42TCB6U5579esbSt3Lg",
                "weight": "2000000000000",
                "rewardOwner": {
                    "locktime": "0",
                    "threshold": "1",
                    "addresses": [
                        "P-avax1fw57u4tp7xzx0k6ufn7tj9caua59mt9gqcvy7m"
                    ]
                },
                "potentialReward": "12000000000",
                "delegationFee": "2.0000",
                "uptime": "0.9876",
                "connected": true,
                "delegators": []
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Parameters

Field

Type

Description

result.validators

array

Array of validator objects

result.validators[].nodeID

string

NodeID of the validator

result.validators[].stakeAmount

string

Amount staked in nAVAX (decimal string)

result.validators[].startTime

string

Validation start time (Unix timestamp, string)

result.validators[].endTime

string

Validation end time (Unix timestamp, string)

result.validators[].uptime

string

Validator's uptime as a 0-1 ratio

result.validators[].delegationFee

string

Delegation fee percentage

result.validators[].delegators

array

Delegators bonded to this validator

Use Cases

Building staking dashboards
Validator monitoring and performance tracking
Computing total staked AVAX for analytics
Subnet validator-set introspection

Error Handling

Status Code

Error Message

Cause

404

Not Found

Missing or invalid <ACCESS-TOKEN>

-32602

Invalid params

Request parameters are missing or malformed

429

Too Many Requests

Rate limit exceeded for your plan

SDK Integration

// AvalancheJS provides typed clients for P-Chain and X-Chain.
// P-Chain operations are exposed through `pvm` in AvalancheJS.
// For raw JSON-RPC access, use a generic HTTP client as in the Request Example.
import axios from 'axios';

const response = await axios.post('https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P', {
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    id: 'getblock.io',
    method: 'platform.getCurrentValidators',
    params: {}
}});
console.log(response.data);

# AvalancheJS is JavaScript-only. For Python, use a generic JSON-RPC client.
import requests
import json

url = 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/ext/bc/P'
payload = {
    'jsonrpc': '2.0',
    'id': 'getblock.io',
    'method': 'platform.getCurrentValidators',
    'params': {}
}}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload)
print(response.json())

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